EBook News

EBook News

Those hoping for older EU titles to become available for Kindle, Nook, etc... are in luck.

On 8/17, a total of 96 catalog titles will become available in eBook format.

By my count, this appears to include all the previously unreleased adult novels, with the only notable exceptions being James Luceno's "Dark Lord: Rise of Darth Vader"--which is only being included in the "Dark Lord Trilogy" ebook--and the classic Han Solo and Lando Calrissian adventures.

The Death Star: So Named Because Living On It Means Almost Certain Death.

I have to make a correction -- I DO see the Han Solo Adventures and Splinter of the Minds' Eye on the list now.

The source is a search engine, so it's not linkable without teaching you a step by step of how it to get to the info.

(Also? I've been posting here for 9 years, and working here for 3. Before getting the job here, I also scooped a fair number of stories for TF.n and the old Jedinet site. People can attest to my not making shit up. )

But here is a screepcap of what the search results look like. (Tried to copy paste all of it, but the formatting went screwy. I'll now try a smaller selection from the list...)

When I searched "Star Wars" on my Kindle, many older titles--Medstar, X-Wing, Zahn trilogy--came up. $7.99 looks to be the standard for non-Audible Audio Editions and $10+ for Abridged Audible Audio Editions and $20+ for Unabridged Audible Audio Editions. There are some super-cheap books (Darth Maul: Saboteur) for $1.99. So depending on your tastes it might be cheaper/expensive/equal to same book you'd find in your local book store. Other unreleased ebooks (A Practical Man, A Forest Apart, Ylesia, etc.) are also available for $2.99. A few non-fiction books (Star Wars on Trial) are now ebooks for $9.99. You can look at all the Star Wars books on Kindle here.

Expanding a relationship that began more than 30 years ago, Lucasfilm and Random House Inc. announced today that the entire library of Star Wars fiction titles under the Del Rey and Bantam Spectra imprints will be available in eBook format as of June 28, 2011. Over one hundred backlist titles will be converted into digital editions, along with any future Star Wars novels presently in production. These titles will join the thirty Del Rey Star Wars novels currently available as eBooks.
All Star Wars eBooks from Del Rey and Bantam Spectra will include additional content at the back of the book. The extra content will include the following:

An updated Star Wars novels timeline
An introduction to the six major Star Wars eras: The Old Republic, Rise of the Empire, Rebellion, The New Republic, New Jedi Order, and Legacy
Over half a dozen additional excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years
"Readers and fans have been asking for the Star Wars novels to be made available digitally, and we're excited that we can finally make this happen," said Howard Roffman, President of Lucas Licensing. "We're committed to providing fans with great Star Wars stories that can be enjoyed on any reading platform. We're thrilled to see the extensive backlist of Del Rey and Bantam titles made available electronically."

"Over 30 years ago, Del Rey Books published the novelization of the very first Star Wars film," said Gina Centrello, President of the Random House Publishing Group. "Since that time, the Star Wars Saga has grown to become a worldwide phenomenon. We're exceptionally proud to have been at the helm of such a rich and vast literary universe, and thrilled to be working with our partners at Lucasfilm as we move into the future with eBooks."

The Death Star: So Named Because Living On It Means Almost Certain Death.